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Tonight is going will be the first time accompanying Rob to the ring and after that we will be giving a short interview to Maria afterwards explaining who I am. I enter the backstage area quickly, explaining to the security I am the new Diva coming in and I ask them the way to the female locker-room. I am quite shy about being here now, being where I always dreamed to be one day, meeting the girls who have been in the business for such a long time for the second time, but now as my co-workers. I knock on the door and walk in afterwards. Maria comes up to me and welcomes me friendly. We have already been talking together on the phone about the interview segment so we know each other a bit already. In real life she is just as sweet as she seems on TV. All the other girls are there too, like Lita, Trish, Victoria and the current women's champ Mickie James. They all greet me and make me feel at home. I hope some of them can become my friends in a time. I do have great friends but none of them seem to understand my passion for wrestling.
I take a seat and put my bag on the table next to it. I open my bag and pull out the clothes I bought for my TV-appearance. I will wear bright coloured skirts and tops, because I will be a happy face character. I get out the medium-high-heeled shoes I took with me for tonight. I will not wrestle yet, so my wrestling boots stay in the bag, but I brought them with me just for luck. The other girls chat about lots of things and seem to have much fun and try to incorporate me in the chatting. They ask me friendly questions about my past and I immediately feel welcome, so I ask how long before the show they normally get ready, since we have almost 2 hours before the show starts. Trish answers immediately that they will have a light meal at the catering-room in a few minutes and invites me to join them.
I walk along with the rest of the girls, quite uncomfortable about being in the same room as all the big male-superstars now. The current champion Triple H, the living legends like Ric Flair, Mick Foley, Shawn Michaels and all the other guys on the Raw-roster. The girls get a table and sit down together. I join them. I get a coke and a chicken-sandwich and we talk about hair-appointments and pedicures and other girl things. I just listen to them and make the occasional comment, I don't to say the wrong things. On the other tables are all the men, they sit in groups around the different tables with their drinks and snacks. I look around and watch all their well-known faces until Rob sees me and waves to me. He walks up to me, grabs my hand and leads me to the table he was sitting at.
'Hey guys, this is Kathy, my baby-sister' he says with a smile, introducing me to the guys he was having dinner with, Shelton Benjamin, Chris Masters, Edge and Carlito.
'Come have a seat and sit with us for a while, we want to get to know you!' I quickly shake all their hands, having an inside-laugh when I realize I have to call these men by their real names. They feel like my colleagues already now.
The guys are just as nice as the girls were and they explain the things going on backstage. I will be staying in the same hotel with them because WWE asked Rob to book me a room because he will be working with me now the most and he is watching out for me right now, until I know how the life on the road works. Most people share a room together but since I don't really know anyone yet and all the girls have roommates they decided to give me a room by myself so I won't have to share a room with a totally strange man. I am really glad I will be working close with someone as nice as him. He even offers me a ride to the hotel, since I took a taxi from the airport. Then Maria walks up to me again and says:
'Kathy, you have to get ready now, in half an hour the hair and makeup people are coming!'
I quickly say goodbye to the boys and walk with Maria. She smiles at me and adds 'Most guys are great, you're going to love working here!' I nod and feel the same way.
